Free at the Whitney

Every Friday evening from 5–10 pm and on the second Sunday of every month, admission to the Museum is free. Both offerings include free access to exhibitions, special programming, city views, and more. Visitors 25 and under are always free, every day. 

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Gap–Lichtenstein–Whitney

Our collaboration with Gap and the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein brings the artist’s bold visual language to an 18-piece collection of clothing and accessories. Bold patterns on sherpa. Graphic prints on tees. This is art—worn by you.

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Family Programs

Whitney family programs offer artmaking workshops, special events and tours, in-gallery activity guides, and at-home artmaking challenges. Join us for upcoming family events or Free Second Sundays.

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Video

Watch our latest video series to dive deeper into art at the Whitney.

Podcasts

Listen to Artists Among Us, featuring long-form and short-form podcasts exploring artworks and events in and around the Whitney through conversation.

artport

Check out art that's created specifically for the web on artport—the Whitney's gallery space for commissions of net art.


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  • Large mixed-media collage with colorful drips and textures and a sculpted bird perched on top.
    Large mixed-media collage with colorful drips and textures and a sculpted bird perched on top.

    Robert Rauschenberg, Satellite, 1955. Oil, fabric, paper and wood on canvas with taxidermied pheasant, overall: 79 3/8 × 43 5/16 × 5 5/8 in. (201.6 × 110 × 14.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Claire B. Zeisler and purchase with funds from the Mrs. Percy Uris Purchase Fund 91.85. © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Crowded nighttime street with brass musicians playing while people dance, walk, and watch from porches.
    Crowded nighttime street with brass musicians playing while people dance, walk, and watch from porches.

    Archibald John Motley, Jr., Gettin' Religion, 1948. Oil on linen, overall: 32 × 39 7/16 in. (81.3 × 100.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, Josephine N. Hopper Bequest, by exchange 2016.15. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

  • A small teddy bear stands on a wooden floor looking at its reflections in two mirrors.
    A small teddy bear stands on a wooden floor looking at its reflections in two mirrors.

    Juan Antonio Olivares, Moléculas, 2017. Video, color, sound, 10 min., aspect Ratio: 16:9. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee 2017.185. © Juan Antonio Olivares, courtesy Off Vendome, New York

  • A black plaque with gold letters advising to limit acting against your nature, like sleeping with people you hate.
    A black plaque with gold letters advising to limit acting against your nature, like sleeping with people you hate.

    Jenny Holzer, Untitled with selection from "Living Series", 1980–1982. Bronze wall plaque, overall: 7 15/16 × 10 × 1/4 in. (20.2 × 25.4 × 0.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner P.2011.179. © Jenny Holzer/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Two firefighters passionately kiss in front of a towering brick building.
    Two firefighters passionately kiss in front of a towering brick building.

    Martin Wong, Big Heat, 1986. Acrylic on linen, overall: 60 1/8 × 48 1/8 in. (152.7 × 122.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 99.89. Courtesy of The Estate of Martin Wong and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY

  • A naked Black man balances on one leg while looking out into the glistening light from a window in a dilapidated room
    A naked Black man balances on one leg while looking out into the glistening light from a window in a dilapidated room

    Alvin Baltrop, Untitled, 1977. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 9 × 6 7/8 in. (22.9 × 17.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2009.31. Photographs used courtesy of The Alvin Baltrop Trust, © 2010, The Alvin Baltrop Trust and Galerie Buchholz. All rights reserved.

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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On the Hour projects can contain motion and sound. To respect your accessibility settings autoplay is disabled.